This quarzite stonetable (arisen 500 million years ago, ca. 16 x 32 foot) was once known as the "Big Stone of Houssé" (named after the valley). In September 1887 Théodor Britte (owner of several wells in the town of Verviers) discovered the huge stone under a thicket of heather and fern plants. Britte informed at once Elisée Harroy, a headmaster, who was infatuated with prehistoric things. Harroy was sure that this was a real Dolmen and called some historians and geologists. The first notes by Harroy were complicated. In the southwest angle of the capstone's surface a strange engraving is visible. Is this sign, which is well known in Brittany, a plough, the symbol of residence? The archaeology was not very careful by this time so digging up the wedgestones in order to prove whether the capstone was once movable damaged the "Dolmen". In 2001 the capstone was re-erected under great effort. Specialists were not convinced by Harroy and did not accept his views. However, in the surroundings of the "Dolmen" a lot of stone blocks were found which were placed in circles. Unfortunately these stone rings were destroyed in 1925. These stone circles were aligned with the azimuth to the object's vertical circle (i.e., a great circle through the object and the zenith) of the sunrise during the solstice.

After some difficulty finding a road into Solwast (the map O had with me is junk...), I finally reached the dolmen. It is really impressive - no matter if the story arround it holds true.

I had to wait a bit to go for the cache, as there were some geomuggles enjoying the dolmen. After they were gone, i quickly headed for it and found it very fast. Just a hint: maybe it would be better to scratch off (or cover with paint) the yellow letters on the container.